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0. BORNER RECORDING APPARATUS Filed March 20, 1924 Jun/liar.- Olgafiqmer 1 Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES OLGA BORNER, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

RECORDING Application filed Mareh 20, 1924, Serial No.

This invention relates to a recording apparatus which permits theseparation into sections of figures or characters which have been postedon a leaf, strip or the like in any sequence to make it possible toeasily add up the figures appertaining to each -individual section. Forthe purpose of carrying the invention into effect two rolls or strips ofpaper or other material suitable for recording the numbers are carriedover rollers which are mounted on suitable supports and which rollerscan be rotated so that any two desired parts of said strips can bebrought into such position that, by the aid of copying paper or othercopying means, figures entered on the uppermost strip may be transferredin the desired position to a strip below the former.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention.

Referring to said drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section;

Figure 2 is a plan view, partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a cross section taken at a right angle to Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a plan View of a portion of a modification.

The numeral 5 designates a frame which may be mounted on a pedestal orotherwise. In said frame two parallel rollers 2 and 3 are journaled.Each of these rollers may have a handle 4 whereby it may be turned inorder to draw the strip 1, on which the entries are made, from oneroller and to wind such strip upon the other roller. The strip 1 passesover a supporting plate 6 which is carried by the frame 5. A second pairof rollers 8 and 9, which are here shown as being set at right angles tothe first pair 2 and 3, carry a strip 7 which is trained over rollers11, one of which is located beneath part of the strip 1. Thus a part ofthe strip 1 is superimposed over the strip 7. By rotating the roller 9by means of a handle 10, the strip 7 can be unrolled from the roller 8and wrapped upon the roller 9.

In Figure 2 the strip 7 is shown as provided with longitudinal line-sdividing it into columns. By shifting the two strips relatively to oneanother, it is possible to bring that part of the strip 7011 which thetransfer is to be effected beneath the position of entry on the strip 1.

In order to bring the two strips into correct position relatively to oneanother, the

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rollers 8 and 9 may be mounted on a slide or plate 12 which can beshifted in a direction transversely of the direction of movement of thestrip The means for shifting the slide or plate 12 shown in the drawingsconsists of a screw 13 (Figure 2) which is journalled in the frame 5 andengages a stiationary nut 13 carried by said slide or pate.

In order to transfer an. entry from the up per strip to the lower stripcopying paper lei may be interposed between the two strips. Figure 3shows an arrangement whereby the proper position of the copying papermay be insured and which facilitates the removal of said paper afteruse. For this purpose two rollers 15 and 16 are provided, from one ofwhich the copying paper is unrolled as it is wound upon the other byturning one or the other of said rollers. The strip of copying paper inits movement passes over roller guides 17 and over the plate 6 betweeenthe strips 1 and 7.

Figure 4 shows a modification wherein the equivalent of the strip 7 isshown as divided up into a plurality of narrow strips 7 and the rollers8 and 9 are shown as divided into corresponding narrow rollers 9 whichmay be turned individually. This arrangement has the advantage that theentries appear in close sequence. In order that the rollers 9 may beturned individually, each of them is provided with a knurled disk 18,and these disks may be separately manipulated by hand.

Instead of dividing the lower strip 7 into individual strips, the upperstrip 1 may be so divided.

The rollers 2, 3, and 8, 9, instead of being placed at right angles toone another, may be place with their axes in parallelism so that the twostrips 1 and 7 will move in the same direction. It would also bepossible to use the strips 7 for recording the total value of thefigures without copying said figures from the strip 1 by entering themdirectly upon the strip 7 \Vith an apparatus constructed according tothe invention not only may any point on the strip 7 be brought intoregistration with any point on the strip 1 either by moving the slideplate 12 and with it the rollers 8 and 9 in the direction of the lengthof the strip 1 and by moving the strips 1 and 7 transversely of oneanother by winding said strips, respectively, upon the rollers 2 and.

8 or 3 and 9, but it is also possible for a user to always write uponthe strip 1 at the same distance from the front edge of the plate 6 bymoving the plate 12 forward or away from the writer by an amountequivalent to the distance that an entry made on the strip 1 is movedtoward or away from the writer by turning either the roller 2 or theroller 3.

What I claim is:

1. Recording apparatus consisting of two superposed strips for postingentries, rollers carrying said strips, a support over which. said stripsmove and a movable slide which carries the rollers for the lower strip.

2. Recording apparatus consisting of two sets of superposed strips forposting entries, rollers carrying said strips and a support over whichsaid strips move, one of said sets of strips consisting of a series ofstrips, separate rollers carrying each strip of said series and amovable slide which carries the rollers for one set of strips.

3. Recording apparatus consisting of two sets of strips for postingentries, rollers carrying said strips, a support for and below thestrips, whereof one set consists of a series of strips, each of which iscarried on separate rollers, and a movable slide which carries therollers appertaining to one set of strips, in combination with a furtherset of rollers which allows copying paper to be led over the firmsupport and the strips.

4. Recording apparatus comprising two strips of posting entries arrangedwith portions in overlapping relation, operating means for each strip tomove the strips in directions at an angle to each other, and a platecarrying one of said strips and its operating means and being adjustablelongitudinally with respect to the remaining strip.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature.

OLGA BORNER.

